I have decided to put this here instead on NHR due to the fact that I know most of the people who frequent this section know what I am talking about. Is anyone else out there tired of these adds? I honestly don't think it is going to stop someone from having another cigarette. If anything she is so disgusting it may want me to start smoking.

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every smoker already knows about lung cancer and the death that typically results from it. if you're already aware of the worst fate possible, i don't see how showing a series of lesser fates would be particularly meaningful.

Those commercials are horrid and I really doubt they are going to stop anyone who really wants to smoke from doing it. They remind me of a lot of driver education films from the 70's and 80's of mangled bodies and cars from teens having car wrecks. I just don't think much of either as a deterrent.

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brwi wrote:Those commercials are horrid and I really doubt they are going to stop anyone who really wants to smoke from doing it. They remind me of a lot of driver education films from the 70's and 80's of mangled bodies and carfrom teens having car wrecks. I just don't think much of either as a deterrent.

Meh. If the ad prevents one person from starting to smoke, it's worth it to have a bunch of people midly irritated for a couple times a night. The ad annoys me too, but the smell of smoke and the increased healthcare costs because of all the morons who smoke annoys me more. I can easily ignore it by briefly changing the channel or looking away.

The findings in this report indicate that from 2000 to 2011, significant declines occurred in the use of current tobacco, combustible tobacco, and cigarettes among middle and high school students, suggesting that tobacco control policies and programs have an impact on tobacco use among U.S. youths (2). The rate of decline in youth cigarette smoking was slower during this period compared with 1997–2003, which followed years of increase in the prevalence of youth cigarette use during the 1990s (2).

Smoking is down significantly for all ages. I don't think that has much to do with anti-smoking campaigns, but rather the general awareness that comes from seeing all these people around you who thought they were cool dry out, shrivel up, and kak.

pcm wrote:Teenagers start smoking because they're rebelling against the establishment. The more you demonize something, the more attractive you make it to that market segment.

Yes, your point is a good one, pcm. Teenagers have been fighting authority since the beginning of time.

I also think there's a difference between demonizing something by simply calling it "bad" a million times and fostering a stark realization of what can happen to you through a real-life illustration. Teenagers probably don't think it could ever happen to them, and if they smoke, then they'll quit later when they're tired of it. The Terrie ad where they contrast her looking young and gorgeous with her reality today addresses that. I don't have a problem with the ads, tbh, and I think Terrie is courageous for putting herself out there.

Gaucho wrote:I started smoking because I liked it and I quit because I didn't like it anymore. *shrug*

Yeah, me too. I think scare tactics are akin to public shaming, not an attempt to change behaviors. Growing up, most adults I knew smoked so it wasn't some sort of faux pas, but I quit when I met my wife because she preferred that I didn't. Most everyone I know did the same thing.

I knew one person that absolutely died from smoking, but he would have been addicted to something far more harmful had he note smoked a pack or two a day.

columbia wrote:I'd rather see these days than anything to do with erectile dysfunction.

Yes!

And who has his-and-hers bathtubs side by side out in the middle of nowhere, with no hot water hookup, anyway?!

Not to mention who has energy left to do anything after hauling two bathtubs out to the middle of nowhere and then bringing in water and warming it enough to sit in it. If anything, 2 tubs in the middle of nowhere should be birth control.